Annual Thanksgiving Poem, 2022 (a 16-year tradition)

Stepping back as if

I were on a rocket ship

That traveled so far away

From the present moment

That I could see the past

As a path

Carved perfectly before me

Culminating in the now?

Percolating and fermenting

Into a future that goes?

Well beyond my time here.

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What I see is a family

I was born into

so that I coveted my feelings

And revered others’.

I see the blessing of therapy

To feel validated?

and borne a hunger to?

better understand

people, the mind.

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People and situations

were put before me

to help me learn

the lessons I needed

to learn and teach -?

Advocating for myself

and showing others

why and how

to advocate for themselves,

influencing lives

and families, and those who

come after them.

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It’s been a journey

Without a destination,

Ever evolving as I do, the?

Question shifting from?

Why is this happening to me

To why is this happening for me.

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I’m thankful for challenges?

I have attempted to resolve,

Situations I have survived,?

People who remind me

Who I want to be

By their example,?

Good or bad

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I’m grateful to my ancestors

Who faced survival odds

And my parents,

Who complied with my goals

Eventually,

And my kids,

Who will carry?

The wisdom forward

For future generations.

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I am grateful to?

My clients,

Who trust me to?

Share their vision

And bring it to fruition.?

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When you think about

All the things that had?

To happen to create

This present moment,

We really are all?

MIRACLES!?

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Thank you for being a part of the miracle.?

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May you bask in the blessings of the season.

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All my best,?

Karen